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 Peter Vaill, DBA one of the nation’s most influential organizational change theorists, is University Professor of Management in the Ph.D. in Leadership and Change program. There are few if any senior scholar-practitioners in the field of organizational change and development that could bring more experience and wisdom to Antioch. Dr. Vaill is internationally known for his innovative approaches to organizational behavior, and has written extensively, including the well-known Managing as a Performing Art: New Ideas for a World of Chaotic Change (1989); Learning as a Way of Being: Strategies for Survival in a World of Permanent White Water (1996) and Spirited Leading and Learning: Process Wisdom for a New Age (1998). The Harvard Business School writes of its famed alumnus (MBA '60, DBA '64): “Cited in some circles as one of the country's top ten organizational development specialists.” Vaill is known for his ideas on what he has termed "permanent white water, the turbulent social and
organizational conditions that managerial leaders face today.” Dr. Vaill has also consistently broken new ground in addressing issues of spirituality in the workplace as well as on the importance of lifelong learning. In fact, he argues that learning is a foundational element of effective leadership, and that learning is “a way of being.” In 2003 he was given the Organization Development Network's Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2007 was the first recipient of the Peter Frost Mentorship Award by the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society." Most recently, he has chapters in two of the Sage Publications Handbooks: "Interpersonal Relations in Organizations and the Emergence of Wisdom," in (2007). The Handbook of organizational and managerial wisdom. E Kessler and J. Bailey, (eds.); and "Process wisdom - the Heart of Organization Development in (2007). The O.D. Handbook, T. Cummings, (ed.).
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